Today in the News: 2 injured in shooting at Colorado high school

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Posted Dec. 13, 2013 at 7:10 PM

Posted Dec. 13, 2013 at 7:10 PM

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North Korea media announced today that leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and former protector has been executed. CNN reports that until recently, Jang Song Thaek had been regarded as the second-most powerful figure in the secretive, nuclear-armed nation.

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"What we always say is we had the tragedies in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut and Virginia, but there are smaller tragedies that happen every day in this country because people are untreated for mental illness. And they end up in jails, in homeless shelters – and families are torn apart." — Mike Fitzpatrick, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, told CNN in a piece on mental illness.

Hot video:2 injured in high school shooting
Two students were injured in a shooting at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., on Friday afternoon. The shooter also was killed.